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rantanamo · April 27th, 2005, 06:08 PM

And you can make that choice from just watching while I cannot? Interesting. Blood, hahaha. Ask Teddy Bruschi or Ray Lewis about that.

CharlieP · April 27th, 2005, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by rob12345

leave the football name alone thats our name we was playing football long before american football

And people were playing football long before soccer - what's your point?

rantanamo · April 27th, 2005, 06:50 PM

????? now I am really confused.

***eddyk*** · April 27th, 2005, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by rantanamo

And you can make that choice from just watching while I cannot? Interesting. Blood, hahaha. Ask Teddy Bruschi or Ray Lewis about that.

Yes blood....I cant remember the last time ive seen a rugby match which hasnt had blood in it!

There is alot of head bashing, elbowing, kicking etc.

etched Chaos · April 27th, 2005, 07:30 PM

Rantanamo I'm not going to chasticise them all because you seem to do that well yourself. I find the whole bit that you think we all don't have the same level of knowledge to be a knock on me as well... I love the sport, i love it to the point that i was listening to the later rounds of the NFL Draft on an online Radio. I just take your general statements to be offensive to me, because your not accepting the fact that there are huge NFL fans in Europe.
I know gusy like Julius Peppers are great athletes, i know that I'd never want to get hit by Ray Lewis, but don't talk down the players we have over here because they're not NFL standard... its not exactly easy to become NFL standard now is it? But we give every hit as if our lives depend on it and it could be our last, we play just as hard but not at as high a level.

rantanamo · April 27th, 2005, 08:12 PM

Dude, now you are totally off of it. I'm not even addressing you, etched. Being knowlegeable about football as you are, you have to admit that a lot of the posts(ok, 99%) are very ignorant of football and show that over and over. I am not bunching you into that group. We know there are fans there or NFL Europe wouldn't exist anymore. Its your own compatriots that you must convince of that.

I apologize if I am talking down your players. That was not my intention. I'm glad you guys give it your all and our great fans of our sport. Hard nosed football is always appreciated. Again, when I am debating the merits of the sport, it is obviously not a debate versus the likes of yourself. You understand. My contention is that your post are directed towards myself and not towards the posts from your own compatriots that really don't know anything about football. I don't know how long you have been posting here, but we have suffered this ignorance as the minority posters for a long long time. That's why the underdog role that some new posters try to take on for Europe is surprising and very ironic to many of us who have posted here for a while. We have heard all of this before.

Trey Howe · April 28th, 2005, 01:48 AM

Actually, the size difference between D1 and D3 isn't that big anymore. D 2 football is sort of it's own thing. The national D-III champ had a bigger offensive line than Ohio States. The areas are graying. The biggest difference in football is that in college it really doesn't matter what division it is.....the hits are hard and fast. High school is different because the players are still teenagers. Being hit by a fully grown 22 yrs old man is quite different than being hit by a 17yr old boy (Trust me on this one, i know from experience). I actually signed with a Division-I program, but ended up going to a D-III school for $ reasons. D-III men can play ball.

rantanamo · April 28th, 2005, 04:35 AM

You can say there isn't much difference, D3 men can play ball, but the speed/strength/skill difference is still huge. D3 would still get it handed to them pretty well. That's why you very very rarely, if ever get D3 players to the next level of ball. And you are right about 17 vs 22 year old. How about 22 vs 26? That's even a bigger difference because the level and time of training increases. That's the difference between football and other sports. IF a 17,18,19 year old has the skill in most sports they can compete. They have no shot in football because they would not have the body or mental capacity to take the pounding.

etched Chaos · April 28th, 2005, 06:18 AM

Thats fair enough, but from my standpoint it looks as if you guys are the bigger dogs around here other than Eddyk and a few others you guys seems to rule the roost but then thats from my own POV and i was only trying to even things up a bit. Of course I'm in the wrong position to do so I love American Football, Soccer and Rugby so to pick a favourite would be asanine on my behalf.

panamared · April 28th, 2005, 06:33 AM

sorry but football is football , american football should be call american handball o running ball somthing like that , the only country in the world that is trying to call football whit another name "soccer" and i dont know why.

TexasBoi · April 28th, 2005, 06:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by panamared

sorry but football is football , american football should be call american handball o running ball somthing like that , the only country in the world that is trying to call football whit another name "soccer" and i dont know why.

the only country in the world that calls it soccer??? Are you sure about that?

CrazyCanuck · April 28th, 2005, 07:34 AM

Canadians call it soccer too.

PHXbevo · April 28th, 2005, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by panamared

sorry but football is football , american football should be call american handball o running ball somthing like that , the only country in the world that is trying to call football whit another name "soccer" and i dont know why.

The homeland of the game, England, invented the term "soccer", denoting "association football" ... dumbass.

etched Chaos · April 28th, 2005, 09:51 AM

I just find it weird that oxford students coined the Word 'Soccer' and yet we English never use it. It has firmly been adopted by American and similar countries to have other variations on the name of Football...

The Game Is Up · April 28th, 2005, 10:14 AM

All I could say at this point is imagine if a woman were to be reading this silly debate over which is the "true man's man roughest sport".

Some of us guys like to take it to the nth degree. Keeps us away from reality for a while.

Carry on

JARdan · May 2nd, 2005, 12:48 AM

This photo looks photo-shopped:

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Originally Posted by Sounder

17. Kyle Field - College Station, TX - 80,650 seats

***eddyk*** · May 2nd, 2005, 12:59 AM

I think the lack of a cockpit on the plane closest to us gives it away!

***eddyk*** · May 2nd, 2005, 01:34 AM

Wrong thread!

PHXbevo · May 2nd, 2005, 04:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JARdan

This photo looks photo-shopped:

thats because it is, James Bond.

CharlieP · May 2nd, 2005, 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrazyCanuck

Canadians call it soccer too.

And Australians, and New Zealanders, and South Africans, and the Irish, and English, Scottish and Welsh in certain circumstances...

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April 28th, 2005, 10:14 AM	#175
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May 2nd, 2005, 12:59 AM	#177
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April 27th, 2005, 06:08 PM	#161
rantanamo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 2,869 Likes (Received): 6	And you can make that choice from just watching while I cannot? Interesting. Blood, hahaha. Ask Teddy Bruschi or Ray Lewis about that.

April 27th, 2005, 06:50 PM	#163
rantanamo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 2,869 Likes (Received): 6	????? now I am really confused.

April 27th, 2005, 07:30 PM	#165
etched Chaos Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 40 Likes (Received): 0	Rantanamo I'm not going to chasticise them all because you seem to do that well yourself. I find the whole bit that you think we all don't have the same level of knowledge to be a knock on me as well... I love the sport, i love it to the point that i was listening to the later rounds of the NFL Draft on an online Radio. I just take your general statements to be offensive to me, because your not accepting the fact that there are huge NFL fans in Europe. I know gusy like Julius Peppers are great athletes, i know that I'd never want to get hit by Ray Lewis, but don't talk down the players we have over here because they're not NFL standard... its not exactly easy to become NFL standard now is it? But we give every hit as if our lives depend on it and it could be our last, we play just as hard but not at as high a level.

April 27th, 2005, 08:12 PM	#166
rantanamo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 2,869 Likes (Received): 6	Dude, now you are totally off of it. I'm not even addressing you, etched. Being knowlegeable about football as you are, you have to admit that a lot of the posts(ok, 99%) are very ignorant of football and show that over and over. I am not bunching you into that group. We know there are fans there or NFL Europe wouldn't exist anymore. Its your own compatriots that you must convince of that. I apologize if I am talking down your players. That was not my intention. I'm glad you guys give it your all and our great fans of our sport. Hard nosed football is always appreciated. Again, when I am debating the merits of the sport, it is obviously not a debate versus the likes of yourself. You understand. My contention is that your post are directed towards myself and not towards the posts from your own compatriots that really don't know anything about football. I don't know how long you have been posting here, but we have suffered this ignorance as the minority posters for a long long time. That's why the underdog role that some new posters try to take on for Europe is surprising and very ironic to many of us who have posted here for a while. We have heard all of this before.

April 28th, 2005, 01:48 AM	#167
Trey Howe Tank Join Date: May 2004 Location: Charlotte Posts: 18 Likes (Received): 0	Actually, the size difference between D1 and D3 isn't that big anymore. D 2 football is sort of it's own thing. The national D-III champ had a bigger offensive line than Ohio States. The areas are graying. The biggest difference in football is that in college it really doesn't matter what division it is.....the hits are hard and fast. High school is different because the players are still teenagers. Being hit by a fully grown 22 yrs old man is quite different than being hit by a 17yr old boy (Trust me on this one, i know from experience). I actually signed with a Division-I program, but ended up going to a D-III school for $ reasons. D-III men can play ball.

April 28th, 2005, 04:35 AM	#168
rantanamo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 2,869 Likes (Received): 6	You can say there isn't much difference, D3 men can play ball, but the speed/strength/skill difference is still huge. D3 would still get it handed to them pretty well. That's why you very very rarely, if ever get D3 players to the next level of ball. And you are right about 17 vs 22 year old. How about 22 vs 26? That's even a bigger difference because the level and time of training increases. That's the difference between football and other sports. IF a 17,18,19 year old has the skill in most sports they can compete. They have no shot in football because they would not have the body or mental capacity to take the pounding.

April 28th, 2005, 06:18 AM	#169
etched Chaos Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 40 Likes (Received): 0	Thats fair enough, but from my standpoint it looks as if you guys are the bigger dogs around here other than Eddyk and a few others you guys seems to rule the roost but then thats from my own POV and i was only trying to even things up a bit. Of course I'm in the wrong position to do so I love American Football, Soccer and Rugby so to pick a favourite would be asanine on my behalf.

April 28th, 2005, 06:33 AM	#170
panamared el futuro es ahora Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,885 Likes (Received): 424	sorry but football is football , american football should be call american handball o running ball somthing like that , the only country in the world that is trying to call football whit another name "soccer" and i dont know why.

April 28th, 2005, 07:34 AM	#172
CrazyCanuck MOD SQUAD Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 3,722 Likes (Received): 0	Canadians call it soccer too.

April 28th, 2005, 09:51 AM	#174
etched Chaos Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 40 Likes (Received): 0	I just find it weird that oxford students coined the Word 'Soccer' and yet we English never use it. It has firmly been adopted by American and similar countries to have other variations on the name of Football...